Kolkata Knight Riders | Source: X.com
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) to face Delhi Capitals (DC) in match number 16 of IPL 2024 at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam on 3rd April, Wednesday.
KKR won their previous match by 7 wickets against RCB. DC will be high on confidence after beating CSK in their last match by 20 runs.
KKR have won 2 out of 2 matches so far and DC has won 1 match out of the 3 matches that they have played.
Harshit Rana Continues to Shine:
Harshit Rana has taken 5 wickets so far which is the highest for KKR in the ongoing season, Rana has pace, bounce and a great line and length along with some quality death bowling.
The likes of Chetan Sakariya and Vaibhav Arora to wait for their chance as Harshit has secured his spot in the playing XI.
Sunil Narine as Opener, KKR’s Successful Punt:
Sunil Narine | Source: X.com
It was surprising to see Narine opening the batting for KKR in their first match but they continued the same in the second match against RCB too.
Narine didn’t disappoint and as expected by the KKR management he provided an attacking start to KKR in a run chase of 183, he scored 47 runs off 22 balls.
Nitish Rana is Expected to be Back:
Nitish Rana the vice-captain of KKR team missed out on playing against RCB due to an injury but for the game against DC, he is expected to be back.
KKR has a strong middle order with the likes of Shreyas Iyer, Ramandeep Singh and Rinku Singh having Rana back will make this middle order a lot stronger.
KKR Probable Playing XI of vs DC:
Philip Salt (wk), Sunil Narine, Venkatesh Iyer, Shreyas Iyer (c), Nitish Rana, Ramandeep Singh, Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Mitchell Starc, Harshit Rana, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Impact Player -Anukul Roy/ Suyash Sharma.